There has been a fair amount of hype in recent years about the potential for injury in yoga. While this hasn’t taken the wind from the sails of the yoga boom, it has driven some to “safer” western forms of exercise and other alternatives like Pilates. And to be honest, if exercise is the only […]
In Hindu mythology Shiva is pictured in many different forms. One of the most well-known of these is in his role as Nataraja, the ‘cosmic dancer’. As the cosmic dancer, Shiva is often shown with cobras around his neck, balancing on top of a small dwarf and surrounded by fire. Although this seems like a fearsome […]
Wheel Pose, which goes by the names Chakrasana and Urdhva Danurasana, can look like the arc of a rainbow. It represents the rainbow bridge of the chakras, psycho-energetic fields that can be thought of as vortexes of subtle energy that ascend along the length of the spine. Were our hands and feet to meet in Wheel Pose, we […]
